The Churches Agency on International Issues (CAII) aims to resource New Zealand churches and congregations on international issues.

We live in an increasingly interconnected world and as part of this global network, churches must decide how to respond to international injustice and oppression. To do so, we need to be well informed and listen to the voices of the people involved.

CAII Hot Topics explore major international issues to show their historical, political and faith contexts, and to present views often excluded from mainstream media coverage. The prgramme pilot under the Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and the Salvation Army Churches was completed in August 2004.

The current CAII member churches are: Anglican, Methodist, The Salvation Army and The Religious Society of Friends. The work of the Agency is contracted to Christian World Service.

CAII TOPICS (available for download)
Please note: Some of these reports are large files. If you experience difficulty in downloading them, please contact cws@cws.org.nz to request a hard copy.

Hot Topics 8: Immigration matters: seeking refuge in a strange land - explores refugee issues, the Responsibility to Protect, resettlement in New Zealand and church responses

Hot Topics 7: Palestine: 40 years of Occupation A follow up to the 2003 Israel Palestine backgrounder, focusing on the current situation in the occupied Palestinian Territories |PDF|

Hot Topics 6: Pacific Paradise Lost? Seeking a healthy future in the
Pacific |PDF|

Hot Topics 5: Pacific Paradise Lost? Climate change in the Pacific |PDF|

Hot Topics 4: Paradise Lost? Economic sustainability in the Pacific|PDF|

Hot Topics 3: The War on Terror |PDF| plus see the World Council of
Churches Statement on Terrorism 23/2/06 |word|

Hot Topics 2: Sudan

Hot Topics 1: Zimbabwe including regular updates. Most recent 8/05/07